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CineTV Contest: "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" - Comedy movie that was very unpopular with bosses and colleagues🀣 / 䞊叞、同僚に倧䞍評だったコメディ映画『ドッゞボヌル』

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日本語は埌半にありたす

【English】

Hello to everyone in the Cine TV community🙌 This is my first post here in this community. Rcently I saw a very interesting theme in my timeline. "Favorite Movie That No One Likes".

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Here is the link to the contest;

Quite some time ago, I recommended one of my favorite movies to my boss and colleagues and it was a big no-no. Today I would like to write about it. It is “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004, America).

Story

Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), the owner of Average Joe's, a gym on the verge of bankruptcy, is a man with zero management skills, who does not collect membership fees, is behind on utility bills, and does not even pay taxes. However, the unique members of his gym adore him. Meanwhile, White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the owner of rival Globo Gym, plans to take over Average Joe's.

To pay off their debts, Peter and his friends enter a dodgeball tournament and aim for the $50,000 first prize.

Can the “Average Joes,” a team full of unique personalities, defeat the ultra-athletic “Globo Gym”?


The appeal of this movie for me

Ben Stiller's different performance

Ben Stiller, best known for his roles in “Night at the Museum” and “Meet the Parents,” takes on a very different role in this movie.

I love his performance. Ben Stiller frequently appears in comedy movies, but I think he himself often plays common-sense characters who are pushed around by those around them. However, in this movie, “Dodgeball,” he cedes that position to Vince Vaughn and gives a swashbuckling performance as White Goodman, a completely crazy villain.

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His extreme narcissism and exaggerated moves are among the highlights of the movie.


Not too much explanation, loose atmosphere

The setting and the characters are quite weird, but there are almost no detailed explanations. For example, one of the members of “Average Joe's” gym is a guy named Steve who believes himself to be a “pirate,” but there is no detailed explanation for this setting, and it is not clear why he thinks so or what his background is.

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The people around him also somehow treat him as a “pirate,” which may make the audience wonder.

However, while there are many movies in which the explanation is redundant and boring no matter how great the setting is, I can say that this movie's attitude of not getting bogged down in details is quite to my liking.


Attractiveness of the main character

The main character, Peter LaFleur, is a sloppy manager, but somehow has a strange charm and leadership that attracts people. He is appropriately attuned to the strong personalities of the gym members, while skillfully responding to the provocations of the hostile White Goodman.

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His seemingly lethargic yet firmly dependable demeanor is appealing.


Reasons for unpopularity

One day, my boss at work asked me, “Do you have any movie recommendations?” I lent him DVDs of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” and “Gattaca” that I had at home at the time.

”Gattaca" is a science fiction drama in which the protagonist, who was born with a disadvantage, achieves his dreams through tremendous effort in a world where life is determined by genes. Although “Dodgeball” is a comedy, I thought it had something in common in that the protagonists overcome their disadvantages and triumph.

As a result, my boss liked “Gattaca” a lot and started recommending it to others as if it were a movie he had discovered, but he was scathing about "Dodgeball".

"I'm disappointed in you for recommending such a movie. I almost respected you when I saw Gattaca though".

He said this, albeit jokingly.

Another colleague to whom I lent a DVD as well, nodded her head and said, "It was alright, it was interesting, but I don't understand why the main character is such a nice guy". After all, some people may not be satisfied with a setting that is so poorly explained and comical.


Digression

This is an aside, but there is a scene in the movie where team members watch an instructional video to learn about the history and rules of dodgeball. In the video, it was explained that "dodgeball originated in China, where opium-addicted Chinese used to play by throwing people's heads.

I watched it and thought, “I see, I can learn a lot from a comedy movie,” and believed it for the next few years. Fortunately, I didn't tell anyone about it, so I didn't get embarrassed, but I found it would be dangerous to watch comedy movies without some literacy🙃


Conclusion

So, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” is a comedy film with quirky characters and wild twists and turns. You can enjoy Ben Stiller's monstrous performance, a story that moves forward with a lack of explanation, and the mysterious charisma of the main character, but unfortunately, it may not be the type of film that everyone will enjoy.

If you've seen it, or if you like “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” , please let me know in the comments!






【Japanese】

初めおCine TVコミュニティに投皿したす。

タむムラむンを眺めおいたら、面癜いテヌマが流れおきたした。 「私以倖は誰も奜きではないお気に入り映画」。コンテストのリンクはこちらです。

ひず぀思い圓たる映画があっお・・・。かなり前になりたすが、䞊叞や同僚に勧めたずころ倧䞍評だった映画があるので、今日はそれに぀いお曞きたいず思いたす。『ドッゞボヌル』2004幎/アメリカです。


あらすじ

朰れかけのゞム「アベレヌゞ・ゞョヌズ」のオヌナヌ、ピヌタヌ・ラフルヌルノィンス・ノォヌンは、䌚費も城収せず、公共料金も滞玍し、皎金すら払っおいない、経営胜力れロの男。しかし、圌のゞムを愛する個性的な䌚員たちは、そんな圌を慕っおいたす。

䞀方、ラむバルのグロボゞムの経営者ホワむト・グッドマンベン・スティラヌは、アベレヌゞ・ゞョヌズを乗っ取ろうず画策。借金返枈のため、ピヌタヌたちはドッゞボヌル倧䌚に参加し、優勝賞金50,000ドルを目指すこずになりたす。

果たしお、個性掟揃いのチヌム「アベレヌゞ・ゞョヌズ」は、超䜓育䌚系の「グロボゞム」に勝利できるのか・・・


みどころ

ベン・スティラヌの怪挔

『ナむト・ミュヌゞアム』や『ミヌト・ザ・ペアレンツ』で有名なベン・スティラヌが、本䜜では普段ずは党く違う圹柄を挔じおいたす。

私、圌の困惑系の挔技が奜きなんですよね。コメディ映画によく出挔しおいるベン・スティラヌですが、圌自身は呚囲に振り回される垞識的な人物を挔じるこずが倚いように思いたす。しかし、本䜜『ドッゞボヌル』ではそのポゞションをノィンス・ノォヌンに譲り、完党にクレむゞヌな悪圹、ホワむト・グッドマンずしお振り切った挔技を芋せおいたす。

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圌の極端なナルシシズムや誇匵された動きは、この映画の芋どころのひず぀です。


説明が少なく、ゆるい雰囲気

正盎、蚭定も登堎人物もかなりヘンなのですがコメディ映画らしく、詳现な説明はほがありたせん。

䟋えば、「アベレヌゞ・ゞョヌズ」ゞムの䌚員には、自分自身を「海賊」だず信じおいるスティヌブずいう男がいたすが、この蚭定に関しおは现かい説明がなく、圌がなぜそう思っおいるのか、どんな背景があるのかは明らかにされおいたせん。呚囲も䜕ずなく圌を「海賊」扱いしおおり、芖聎者は「」ずなるかもしれたせん。

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ただ、いくら蚭定が玠晎らしくおも説明が冗長で退屈な映画も倚い䞭、本䜜の「现かいこずはさおおき」感はかなり私の奜みず蚀えたす。


䞻人公の魅力

䞻人公のピヌタヌ・ラフルヌルは、だらしない経営者でありながら、なぜか人を惹き぀ける䞍思議な魅力ずリヌダヌシップがありたす。ゞム䌚員たちの匷烈な個性に適圓に合わせ぀぀、敵意むき出しのホワむト・グッドマンの挑発には巧みに察応する。

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圌の無気力なようでいお、しっかり頌りになる人物像には奜感が持おたす。


䞍評のワケ

ある日、職堎の䞊叞から「おすすめの映画ある」ず聞かれた私は、圓時家にあった『ドッゞボヌル』ず『ガタカ』のDVDを貞したした。

『ガタカ』は、遺䌝子で人生が決たる䞖界で、生たれ぀き䞍利な状況にあった䞻人公が凄たじい努力によっお倢を実珟するずいうSFドラマです。『ドッゞボヌル』はコメディではあるものの、䞻人公たちが䞍利な状況を克服しお勝利を収めるずいう点では共通しおいるず私は思っおいたした。

結果的に、䞊叞は『ガタカ』をかなり気に入ったらしく、たるで自分が発掘した映画であるかのように呚囲にも勧め始めたのですが、『ドッゞボヌル』に察しおは蟛蟣でした。

「こんな映画を勧めるなんおgo-kyoさんにはガッカリだ。『ガタカ』を芳たずきには尊敬しかけたけど」

ずのこず・・・😂もちろん冗談めかしおではありたしたが倚分・・・ そんなにダメ😂😂

たた、同じくDVDを貞した別の同僚は「面癜いこずは面癜いけど、なんで䞻人公があんなにいい人なのかが分からない」ず銖をかしげおいたした。やはり説明䞍足な蚭定が、匕っかかる人にはひっかかるのでしょうか


䜙談

䜙談ですが、䜜䞭でドッゞボヌルの歎史やルヌルを孊ぶために、チヌムメンバヌが解説ビデオを芳るシヌンがありたす。その䞭で、「ドッゞボヌルの起源は䞭囜であり、アヘン䞭毒の䞭囜人が人の頭郚を投げお遊んでいたのが始たり」ず説明されおいたした。

私はこれを芳お、「なるほど、コメディ映画も勉匷になるなぁ」なんお思っお、その埌数幎間信じおいたした。幞いにも、それを誰かに話すこずはしなかったので恥をかかずに枈んだものの、ある皋床のリテラシヌがないずコメディ映画を芳るのも倧倉だなず思ったのでした。。


たずめ

そんなわけで『ドッゞボヌル』は、クセの匷いキャラクタヌず荒唐無皜な展開が魅力のコメディ映画です。

ベン・スティラヌの怪挔、説明䞍足のたた突き進むストヌリヌ、そしお䞻人公の䞍思議なカリスマ性を楜しめる䜜品ではあるものの、残念ながら䞇人受けするタむプの映画ではないのかもしれたせん。。。

芳たこずあるよ、『ドッゞボヌル』結構奜きだよっお方は、ぜひコメントで教えおください


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